Lithium Hydroxide → 2-Cyclohexyl-1,3-thiazole-4-carboxylic acid

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To a solution of 2-cyclohexylthiazole-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (116, 6.8 g, 28.5 mmol) in water was added 1M LiOH (50 mL). The solution was kept at room temperature and monitored by LC-MS. When the hydrolysis was completed the reaction mixture was neutralized with myriatic acid and extracted with ethyl acetate and diethyl ether. The organic phase was dried (Na2SO4), filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to give 5.0 g (83%) of the title compound 117: m/z=212 (M+H)+.

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